Ironing-board and cloth es- rack



(Model.)

F. M. BAER.

IRONING BOARD AND CLOTHES RACK. No. 366,294.' Patented Jul;T 12, 1887r wi. bwa/aoco N. PErEns, FmlwLilhognphnr, wuhingum, D. C.

UNIT-ED STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

FRANCIS MARION BAER, OF VAOO, NEBRASKA.

IRONING-BOARD-AND CLOTH ES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N. 366,294, dated July 12, 1887.

Ap i1ication filed Sepember l0, l88G. Serial No.2l3,148.

(Model.)

combination of devices,that will be more fully n set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention when arranged for use as an ironing-board. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, taken on the line y y of Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line .c oa of Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the rack and clothes-board when folded. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective of one of the rackbars. Fig. Gis a detached perspective view of the dress-rack.

A represents an ironing-board of any suitable size, which is square at its front end and has its rear end rounded, as shown. A transverse bar, B, is secured on the under side of the ironing-board, at the front end thereof, and in rear of the said bar is a similar bar, C.

D represents a case or housing on the under side of the ironing-board and in rear of the bar G. Under the rear end of the ironingboard are secured guideways E, which support a sleeve-board, F, that is adapted to be drawn out from under the rear end of the ironing-board when it is desired to use it, and to be pushed back under the ironing-board, so as to be out of the way, when the sleeve-board is not in use. i

On the ends of the transverse bar C are pivoted the upper ends of long supporting-feet G. The said supporting-feet are connected together at their lower ends by a board, H. A similar board, I, connects the feet G at a suitable distance from the board H.

K represents a pair ofsupporting-feet, which are connected together at their upper ends by a board, L, and near their flower ends by a board, M. A cross-bar, N, connects the feet K, near the centers thereof, and the ends of the said cross-bar project beyond the sides of the feet K and enter openings made in the feet G, thus forming pivotal trunnions for the feet K. rlhis adapts the feet K to be folded between the feet G.

In the lower side ofthe housing D, near the rear end thereof, is a transverse groove, D', which is adapted to receive the board L ofthe feet K when the feet G al'e in the position shown in Figs. l and 2, and the device is adapted for use as an ironing-board.

O represents a dress-rack, which is pivoted between the feet G, just below the board I. This dressraek is provided at its free lower edge with a pivoted foot, P,which is adapted to bear on the upper edge of the board H, and thus support the dress-rack in a horizontal position, as shown. To the sides of the dressrack are hinged extended leaves R, which are adapted to be folded over upon the dress-rack, so as to enable the latter to be folded between the lower ends of the feet G.

S represents a series of rack-bars, which are each composed of two sections, S and S2, pivoted together. To the rear end of each rackbar is secured aprojecting stud, S. Openings T areniade in the transverse bars B and C, through which the rack-bars slide, and the rear ends of the rack-bars extend into the housing D, the front end of the vhousing being provided with suitable openings to receive the said rack-bars. At the front end of the houst ing, on the lower side thereof, is made aseries of right-angled slots,V, the front ends of which are open and communicate with the space between the front end of the housing and the bar G. Alongside of the longitudinal openings in the housing, in which the rack-bars are inserted, are horizontal grooves D2, to receive the studs S3 when the rack-bars are withdrawn into the housing. The front ends of these grooves communicate with the slots V. Vhen the ironing-board is not in use, the rackbars are closed into the housing and out of the way. f

When the invention 4is used as an ironingboard, the rack-bars are drawn forward until the studs S strike against the front side of the housing. The outer sections of the rack-bars are thus projected beyond the front end of the ironing-board and are adapted. to have clothes' hung upon them as they are ironed.. When Vthe feet G and K are folded against the under ICO side of the ironing-board, the latter is placed in a vertical position against the Wall, and the rack-bars are drawn forwardly until their studs S3 strike against the front end of Vthe housing D. The rack-bars are then turned through a quarter of a circle, causing their studs to sweep through the transverse arms ofthe slots V and into the open portions thereof, and the rackbars are then drawn forwardly from the housing until the studs S3 come incontact with the rear side ofthe bar C. This brings the joints of theraok-bars just beyond the front end of the ironing-board, and the sections S2 of the rack-bars are then bent at right angles. When the ironing-board is placed in a vertical position against the wall, the rack-arms form a convenient clothesrack, as will be very readily understood.

with the horizontal grooves D2 and righty angled slots V, and the bar C in front of the housing, and the jointed rack-bars S, extending through the bar C and entering the housing, and provided with the studs S3, adapted to enter the slots V, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the ironing-board having the housing on its under side, provided With the horizontal longitudinal grooves D, the right-angled slots V, and the transverse groove D on the under side of the housing, the bar C in front of the housing, the jointed rack-bars S, extending through the bar C and entering the housing, and provided with the studs S, for the purpose set forth, the feet G, pivoted under the ironing-board and adapted to fold against the same, and the feet. K, pivoted between the feet G, the upper ends of the said feet K being adapted to enter the grooves D', substantially as described.

Intestiinony that I elaiin the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANCIS MARION BAER.

Vitnesses: v

JAsPER HUFFMAN, T. J. STRIOKLER-` 

